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Latitude: 50.4181 / 50°25'4"N
Longitude: -5.063 / 5°3'46"W
OS Eastings: 182499
OS Northings: 62061
OS Grid: SW824620
Mapcode National: GBR ZD.8R7K
Mapcode Global: FRA 078Y.CBV
Plus Code: 9C2PCW9P+6Q
Entry Name: Milestone Outside NO.34 Henver Road
Listing Date: 25 October 2010
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1395368
English Heritage Legacy ID: 508246
ID on this website: 101395368
Location: Porth, Cornwall, TR7
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Newquay
Built-Up Area: Newquay
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: St Columb Minor and Colan
Church of England Diocese: Truro
Tagged with: Milestone
NEWQUAY
1555/0/10035 HENVER ROAD
25-OCT-10 (South side)
Milestone outside No.34 Henver Road
GV II
DESCRIPTION:
Milestone erected in the mid-C19 for the Newquay Highway Board. Granite monolith. It is rectangular on plan and approximately 0.60m high. It has a pent head with chamfered shoulders and is painted white. Its front (north) face is inscribed in capital letters: NEWQUAY/ 1. The lettering is picked out in black. There is an OS benchmark to the upper part of the front face.
HISTORY:
The Newquay Highway Board was established under the Highways Act of 1835 and was responsible for erecting a series of milestones, all to the same design, on the three principal routes into the town. The milestone on Henver Road forms part of this group and is considered to date from sometime between 1835 and 1852.
REASONS FOR DECISION: This milestone outside No.34 Henver Road, erected by the Newquay Highway Board in the mid-C19, is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: A legible and intact example of a mid-C19 milestone which remains in its original position
* Group value: It forms a good group with other designated milestones erected on the principal routes into the town
The milestone outside No. 34 Henver Road, erected by the Newquay Highway Board in the mid-C19, is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: A legible and intact example of a mid-C19 milestone which remains in its original position
* Group value: It forms a good group with other designated milestones that were erected on the principal routes into the town
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